Withering Tights

Self-conscious about her knobby knees but confident in her acting ability, fourteen-year-old Tallulah spends the summer at a Yorkshire performing arts camp that, she is surprised to learn, is for girls only.

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Cute and funny, but meant for a younger audience than I expected. The slang was a little annoying- sometimes it was funny, but often I simply didn't get what was going on. I'd maybe recommend this to a middle schooler who enjoys quirky humor.

Tallulah is a gawky teen but probably not as awkward as she feels she is. A younger friend of Georgia Nicolson, who is now older, she goes to a theatre school in Yorkshire. The interesting slang in this new series is from that part of England. Lots of laughs here, but I still prefer Renniston's earlier works.